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1769 In Ireland
Events from the year 1769 in Ireland. Incumbent *Monarch: George III Events *15 July – the Royal Hibernian Military School, founded in Dublin to educate orphaned children of members of the British armed forces in Ireland, is granted its Royal charter. *November – River Shannon made navigable from Killaloe ( Lough Derg) to Roosky above Lough Ree. Births *1 May – the Hon. Arthur Wesley, later Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, soldier and statesman (died 1852). *May – Nicholas Tuite MacCarthy, Jesuit preacher (died 1833). *18 June – Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, politician, represented the United Kingdom at the Congress of Vienna (died 1822). *28 July – Hudson Lowe, British military leader (died 1844). *23 December – Martin Archer Shee, painter (died 1850). *Approximate date – Gorges Lowther, politician (died 1854). Deaths *23 January – Thomas Fortescue, politician (born 1683). *19 September – Robert MacCarty, Viscount Muskerry, Royal Navy office ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Monarch
Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ** Republic of Ireland, a sovereign state * Irish language, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family spoken in Ireland * Irish people, people of Irish ethnicity, people born in Ireland and people who hold Irish citizenship Places * Irish Creek (Kansas), a stream in Kansas * Irish Creek (South Dakota), a stream in South Dakota * Irish Lake, Watonwan County, Minnesota * Irish Sea, the body of water which separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain People * Irish (surname), a list of people * William Irish, pseudonym of American writer Cornell Woolrich (1903–1968) * Irish Bob Murphy, Irish-American boxer Edwin Lee Conarty (1922–1961) * Irish McCal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Ireland
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was a sovereign state in the British Isles that existed between 1801 and 1922, when it included all of Ireland. It was established by the Acts of Union 1800, which merged the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into a unified state. The establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922 led to the remainder later being renamed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1927. The United Kingdom, having financed the European coalition that defeated France during the Napoleonic Wars, developed a large Royal Navy that enabled the British Empire to become the foremost world power for the next century. For nearly a century from the final defeat of Napoleon following the Battle of Waterloo to the outbreak of World War I, Britain was almost continuously at peace with Great Powers. The most notable exception was the Crimean War with the Russian Empire, in which actual hostilities were relatively limited. How ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1698 In Ireland
Events from the year 1698 in Ireland. Incumbent *Monarch: William III Events *Early – William Molyneux publishes ''The Case of Ireland's being Bound by Acts of Parliament in England, Stated''. *Famine in the Scottish Borders leads to continued Scottish Presbyterian migration from Scotland to Ulster. *The Lord Mayor of Dublin's gold chain of office is presented by King William III to Dublin Corporation. *John Dunton publishes '' Teague Land: or A Merry Ramble to the Wild Irish''. * John Hopkins publishes the poem ''The Triumphs of Peace, or the Glories of Nassau … written at the time of his Grace the Duke of Ormond's entrance into Dublin''. Births *June 15 – George Browne, soldier of fortune, general in the Russian army (d. 1792) * Ross Roe MacMahon, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher, later Archbishop of Armagh (d. 1748) Deaths * January 15 – Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington, cavalier and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (b. 1612) *January – Dáibhí Ó Bruada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against France. The modern Royal Navy traces its origins to the early 16th century; the oldest of the UK's armed services, it is consequently known as the Senior Service. From the middle decades of the 17th century, and through the 18th century, the Royal Navy vied with the Dutch Navy and later with the French Navy for maritime supremacy. From the mid 18th century, it was the world's most powerful navy until the Second World War. The Royal Navy played a key part in establishing and defending the British Empire, and four Imperial fortress colonies and a string of imperial bases and coaling stations secured the Royal Navy's ability to assert naval superiority globally. Owing to this historical prominence, it is common, even among non-Britons, to ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert MacCarty, Viscount Muskerry
Robert MacCarty, Viscount Muskerry (1698 – 19 September 1769) was an Irish officer of the Royal Navy and a colonial administrator. He belonged to the MacCarthy of Muskerry dynasty. Muskerry was the son of Donough MacCarty, 4th Earl of Clancarty, and Lady Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland. He was educated at St Paul's School. His father was attainted in 1691 after serving in the Jacobite Irish Army of the Catholic James II, with his titles forfeited, and Muskerry was never allowed to succeed in the earldom. However, he continued to be known under his courtesy title Viscount Muskerry. From 1733 to 1734, he served as Commodore Governor of Newfoundland, becoming the first Irishman to hold this post. In 1747 he was excepted from the Act of Indemnity which pardoned Jacobites. Muskerry married Joanna, daughter of Henry Player, in 1722 firstly. They had no children, and she died in 1759. He married his second wife, Elizabeth Farnelly. They had one daug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1683 In Ireland
Events from the year 1683 in Ireland. Incumbent *Monarch: Charles II Events *February 19 – the Evans Baronetcy, of Kilcreene in the County of Kilkenny, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland in favour of William Evans. *June 23 – the Caldwell Baronetcy of Wellsborough in County Fermanagh, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland in favour of James Caldwell, High Sheriff of County Fermanagh. *October 15 – first meeting of the Dublin Philosophical Society, established by William Molyneux. * December 14 – Dominic Maguire, O.P., is elected as Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland by the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith. *The titles of Viscount Mountjoy and Baron Stewart of Ramelton in the Peerage of Ireland are conferred upon Sir William Stewart, 3rd Baronet, of Ramelton. Births *October 25 – Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1757) *Daniel Falkiner, politician (d. 1759) * Thomas Fortescue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Fortescue (1683–1769)
Thomas Fortescue (1683 – 23 January 1769) was an Irish Member of Parliament. Origins He was descended from Sir Faithful Fortescue (c.1581–1666), a royalist commander during the English Civil War, a member of the Fortescue family of Buckland Filleigh in Devon, descended from Sir John Fortescue (c.1394-1479), Chief Justice of the King's Bench, of Ebrington Manor, Gloucestershire, a younger grandson of the Fortescue family of Whympston in the parish of Modbury in Devon, the earliest Fortescue seat in England. Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.359 ''a quo Lord Clermont'' Career He sat in the Irish House of Commons for Dundalk from 1727 to 1760. Marriage and children He married Elizabeth Hamilton, a daughter of James Hamilton, a sister of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Clanbrassil and a granddaughter of John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount Mordaunt, by whom he had children in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1854 In Ireland
Events *9 January – Fastnet Rock lighthouse first lit. *21 January – the iron clipper runs aground on Lambay Island on her maiden voyage out of Liverpool with the loss of at least 300 of around 650 on board. *18 May – Catholic University of Ireland formally established in Dublin with John Henry Newman as first rector; lectures commence on 3 November. *21 June – during the First Battle of Bomarsund, Scarva-born Mate Charles Davis Lucas throws a live shell overboard, the earliest action to result in award of the Victoria Cross (in 1857). *20 September – during the Battle of the Alma, Elphin-born Sergeant Luke O'Connor saves the colours, the earliest action to result in award of the Victoria Cross to a soldier. *Quarrel between Tenant League and Archbishop Cullen; League appeals to Rome. The arts and literature *10 August - National Gallery of Ireland established. * Daniel Maclise completes his painting '' The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife''. Births *1 January (po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorges Lowther (1769–1854)
Gorges Lowther (1768 – 23 February 1854) was an Irish Member of Parliament. He represented Ratoath in the Irish House of Commons from 1790 to 1798. He was the son of George Lowther of Kilrue, County Meath, by his wife Frances, daughter of Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby (1720 – 20 February 1762) was an Irish Member of Parliament. He was the son of Major-General Henry Ponsonby by his wife Lady Frances, daughter of Chambré Brabazon, 5th Earl of Meath. His paternal grandfather was Wil .... References * https://web.archive.org/web/20090601105535/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/irelandcommons.htm * http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/ll/lowther3.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Lowther, Gorges 1769 births 1854 deaths Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Meath constituencies Irish MPs 1790–1797 Irish MPs 1798–1800 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1850 In Ireland
Events from the year 1850 in Ireland. Events * Ongoing – Great Famine subsides. * 31 March – the paddle steamer , bound from Cork to London, sinks in the English Channel with the loss of all 250 on board. * October – Central Criminal Lunatic Asylum for Ireland opened in Dundrum, Dublin, the first secure hospital in Europe. * 19 November – the barque ''Edmond'' sinks off Kilkee with the loss of 98 of the 216 aboard. * Improved navigation of River Shannon throughout from Killaloe to Lough Key is completed. * The Encumbered Estates Commissioners sell off remaining Donegall estate properties in Belfast to the tenants. * Crumlin Road Courthouse in Belfast is completed. Arts and literature * Brian Mac Giolla Meidhre's poem ''Cúirt An Mheán Oíche'' is first published from the oral tradition in an edition by the scholar John O'Daly. *Tara Brooch (c.700 AD) found near Laytown, County Meath. Sport *27 February – Abd El Kader wins the Aintree Grand National in England, havin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Archer Shee
Sir Martin Archer Shee (23 December 1769 – 13 August 1850) was an Irish portrait painter. He also served as the president of the Royal Academy. Early life He was born in Dublin, of an old Irish Roman Catholic family, the son of Martin Shee, a merchant, who regarded the profession of a painter as an unsuitable occupation for a descendant of the Shees. His son Martin nevertheless studied art in the Royal Dublin Society and came to London. There, in 1788, he was introduced by Edmund Burke to Joshua Reynolds, on whose advice he studied in the schools of the Royal Academy of Arts. Career In 1789 he exhibited his first two pictures, the "Head of an Old Man" and "Portrait of a Gentleman." Over the next ten years he steadily increased in practice. He was chosen an associate of the Royal Academy in 1798, in 1789 he married Mary, eldest daughter of James Power of Youghal, and in 1800 he was elected a Royal Academician. He moved to George Romney (painter), George Romney's former house ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1844 In Ireland
Events from the year 1844 in Ireland. Events *29 March – official opening of the Dalkey Atmospheric Railway. *14 December – meeting to establish the first branch of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul in Ireland chaired by Bartholomew Woodlock. *15 December – Saint Malachy's Church, Belfast is dedicated by Dr William Crolly, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland. *Dublin iron-founder Richard Turner begins assembling components for the Palm house at Kew Gardens in London, the first large-scale structural use of wrought iron. *Irish physician Francis Rynd utilises a hollow hypodermic needle to make the first recorded subcutaneous injections, specifically of a sedative to treat neuralgia. Arts and literature *13 July – Thomas Davis's nationalist ballad ''A Nation Once Again'' is first published, in his newspaper ''The Nation''. * Joseph Patrick Haverty paints '' Patrick O'Brien: The Limerick Piper'' and his brother Martin Haverty publishes ''Wanderings in S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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